Most informed car buyers know, working the options sheet as if it were Vegas's Carnival World Buffet is the road to flash poverty. But check off those boxes judiciously and you'll save thousands and still get a car that won't leave you feeling like Cookie Jarvis at diabetes camp. But do you have to be an options teetotaler to achieve satisfaction. Check out MSN Money's list of eight options to avoid, and our take on each one after the jump. – Mike Spinelli

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1. Automatic stick shiftJalopnik
Disagree. Hello? DSG? Do we have to go around like the pie'd piper to get people to try this stupid thing out?